CONWAY — Firefighters battled small fires along the tracks on the west side of town Tuesday afternoon.
Near the intersection of Sidetrack and Allens Siding roads, Conway Village Fire Chief Phil Remington was setting up a command post. A few hundred yards away, a fire crew was hosing down a blaze beside the tracks.
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